Studies Prove BPA Can Cross Placenta To Fetuses

Totes McGotes writes "From canned food to plastic bottles, Bisphenol-A seems to be cropping up everywhere, and now two new studies show that BPA freely crosses the placenta from pregnant mother to fetus. Plus, the research found that chemical transformations occur in the fetus allowing inactive BPA to be converted to the active form."

Great description

[sanosuke001]

I love it when the description actually explains why something it good or bad.

BPA! It cures cancer! Now it can cure your unborn fetus' cancer, too!

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[KevinKnSC]

...he says, taking a long drink from his plastic water bottle.

And to think, all that time...

[seanonymous]

it was your cup that was poisoned. They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to BPA.

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Faaaabulous.

Re:Great description

[AnonymousClown]

BPA has been linked to obesity and many cancers, and worst of all (dumm, dumm, DAHHHH) adult male sexual dysfunction.

So I have a medical excuse for looking at porn?

Yee Haw!

Re:Great description

[TooMuchToDo]

Let me be the first to say, "Oh we're so fucked"

Re:Aaaand...

[Shakrai]

It feminizes, IIRC.

That must explain why the current crop of political leaders consists of Chickenhawks on the right and pussies on the left ;)

I can see the bumper sticker now: Ban plastic bottles! It's cheaper than injecting testosterone into our politicians.

Whatever.

[Kenoli]

Nobody cares about all this baby shit. I don't know why people bother submitting such nonsense.

Re:Sort of

[Yvan256]

I guess Lois Griffin must have used a lot of BPA products while she was pregnant with Stewie.

Re:Effect of other additives?

[happy_place]

How dare you suggest we use glass, you insensitive clod! My kids and I have trouble with glass, or should I say Glass Shard Contamination, as they tend to break and send shards of glass into the flesh opening blood-letting wounds... though once upon a time blood-letting was considered a form of medical treatment...

Re:More Women

[losfromla]

hmm. That on the off-chance that you reproduce (you are a slashdotter/geek/asexual), your sons will be female-ish. Unless you are seriously perverted this will not bring you or your androgynous children any joy. Female-ish, is not female, it is just, not-very-male.

Re:Aaaand...

[toddles666]

Symantec??? Those bastards!